Articles

March 1, 2010

For a pet who's used to being the center of attention, the arrival of a newborn child can be an upsetting experience. But some shelters are showing expectant parents how to adjust their routines beforehand to make their pets baby-ready and prevent them from being relinquished unnecessarily.

November 1, 2009

November 1, 2009

The tradition of hound hunting poses major problems for shelters in Virginia. Every year during'and especially after'hunting season, they are flooded with hounds who are either stray, abandoned, or relinquished by hunters who no longer want to take care of them.

November 1, 2009

Although most people in her part of the world consider donkeys to be "the lowest form of life," Lucy Fensom's Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land offers these often abused and neglected creatures a second chance.

September 1, 2009

A series of three-day demonstrations of Pat Parelli's kinder, gentler approach to equines are at the heart of an HSUS initiative to improve the care of horses, who all too often end up abandoned, neglected, or sent to slaughter.